A Small Group Tackling Large Problems
Sagnik Basuray
(Group Leader)
PROFESSOR
Sagnik Basuray, Ph.D., completed his doctoral studies from the University of Notre Dame in the Department of Chemical and Bio-Molecular Engineering in 2011, where he won the best thesis award. Since 2012, he was working as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, at the Center for Micro/Nano Systems and Nanotechnology, in the area of materials science, nanotechnology and optics. Prior to his stint at Missouri, he was working as a Research Scientist at 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, building the next generation semiconductor-based sequencing platform.
At Notre Dame, he worked extensively in nanofluidics, microfluidics with core competency in biomedical diagnostics to research interfacial electro-kinetic properties like dielectrophoresis. He designed robust, cost-effective Point-of-Care devices with electrochemical sensors as an alternative to real-time PCR and DNA sensing. The sensor work has been licensed and developed by F Cubed LLC. and is now in clinical trials. His research was highlighted during the 2010 Michigan-Notre Dame football game at halftime as an ad to showcase the research activities at the University of Notre Dame. During his postdoctoral stint, he has developed top-down fabrication protocols (soft lithography) to fabricate hierarchical nano-ordered plasmonic/photonic structures which show extra-ordinary electro-magnetic field enhancement. These were used to investigate single biological molecules like DNA, RNA, FRET pairs and to develop multi spatial/temporal techniques (Raman, Fluorescence) from a single platform. Sagnik has always worked closely with groups in biochemistry, biology, biological engineering across many collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects.
Charmi Chande
(Visiting Researcher)
Education:
- Ph.D Microbiology, Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India.
- M.Sc. Microbiology, Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India.
Publications & Patents:
- Charmi Chande, Ravindra Phadke, A Bisphenol-A based low cost photolithography method for fabricating lab on chip (LOC) devices, International Journal of Nanotechnology and Applications, Volume 11, Number 2 (2017), pp. 143-154.
- Charmi Chande, Ravindrra Phadke, Cationic Polymerization of DGEBA (Diglycidyl Ether Of Bisphenol-A) Containing Negative Tone Photo Resist: Chemistry And Application. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 9 No.10 Oct 2017, pp. 928-934.
- Charmi Chande, Jialan Cao, Thomas Henkel, Mark Kielpinskie, J.Michael Kohler, G.Alexander Gross, Parallel bacterial esterase assay in trapped 35 nl-droplets using emulsion transport, Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences(μTAS 2019), 27 - 31 October 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Charmi Chande, Dr. Ravindra Phadke, A pico-liter semi-automated screening method for morphological identification of microorganisms from environmental samples, 8th Workshop of Chemical and Biological Micro Laboratory Technology, February 23 - 25, 2016 in Ilmenau, Elgersburg (Thuringia, Germany).
- Charmi Chande, Dr. Ravindra Phadke, Detection of soil microbiota by a label free semi-automated lab-on-chip device, Third International Conference on Nanotechnology for Biological and Biomedical Applications (Nano-Bio-Med 2015), At IIT Bombay, Mumbai, December 2015.
- Charmi Chande, Dr. Ravindra Phadke, A pico-liter semi-automated screening method for morphological identification of microorganisms from environmental samples, Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip India, At Ramada Powai Hotel and Convention Centre Mumbai, January 2015.
- Charmi Chande, Ravindra Phadke, Anushree Lokur, Epoxy Resin Coating Composition for use in microfluidics, Indian Patent Application No 3016/MUM/2014, Filed on September 20, 2014 and issued on March 29, 2019.
Awards & Scholarship:
- NSF I-Corps Site program 2019: A Microfluidic Platform for Rapid Detection of Perfluorinated Pollutants.
- NSF I-Corps National Program 2020: Detection of PFAS from water samples.
Yu-Hsuan Cheng
(PhD Candidate)
Education
- M.S. Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 2018.
- Ph.D. candidate. Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 01/2019-present.
Publications:
- Yu-Hsuan Cheng and Jia Ming Chern (2013, November). Benzoic Acid Wastewater Treatment by Ozone based Advanced Oxidation Process. 2013 Joint of Japan Taiwan Korea Chemical Engineering Conference OB 5, Kumamoto.
- Cheng, Y. H. (2019). Essence: A Shear-Enhanced, Flow-through, Nanoporous and Capacitive Electrode Technology with Non-Planar Interdigitated Micro-Electrodes. 236th ECS Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Zhenglong Li, Mahima Hariharan, Pedro Moura and Sagnik Basuray (2019). Highly sens detection of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) using the “ESSENCE” biosensor electrochemical platform. 45th Annual NEBEC, New Jersey, USA.
- Yu-Hsuan Cheng (2019). Innovation Method to Test Bacteria Disinfection Property of III-V Semiconductor. (Unpublished master’s thesis). New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.
- Chatterjee, S., Fujimoto, M. S., Cheng, Y. H., Kargupta, R., Soltis, J. A., Motkuri, R. K., & Basuray, S. (2019). Improving the sensitivity of electrochemical sensors through a complementary luminescent mode: A new spectroelectrochemical approach. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 284, 663–674. doi:10.1016/j.snb.2018.10.093.
- Cheng, Y., Moura, P. A., Zhenglong, L., Feng, L., Arokiam, S., Yang, J., . . . Basuray, S. (2019). Effect of electrode configuration on the sensitivity of nucleic acid detection in a non-planar, flow-through, porous interdigitated electrode. Biomicrofluidics, 13(6), 064118. doi:10.1063/1.5126452.
- Cheng, Y. H., Barpaga, D., Soltis, J. A., Shutthanandan, V., Kargupta, R., Han, K. S., . . . Chatterjee, S. (2020). Metal–Organic Framework-Based Microfluidic Impedance Sensor Platform for Ultrasensitive Detection of Perfluorooctanesulfonate. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(9), 10503-10514. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b22445.
- Li, Z., Cheng, Y.H., Feng, L., Felix, D., D., Neil1, J., Moura P., Rahman M., Yang, J., Azizighannad, A,. Mitra, S., & Basuray, S. (2019). Electrochemical Impedance Signature of a Non-planar, Interdigitated, Flow-through, Porous, Carbon-based Microelectrode.
Li Zhenglong
(PhD Candidate)
Education:
- M.S. Electronic Science and Technology, Nankai University, China, 2018.
- PhD. candidate. Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 08/2018-present.
Honors and Awards:
- Excellent Graduate Scholarship, 2017
Publications and patents:
- Li, Zhenglong, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Lixin Feng, Jacob Neil, Reis Moura Pedro Antonio, Maryom Rahman, Juliana Yang, Samar Azizighannad, Somenath Mitra, and Sagnik Basuray. “Communication—Electrochemical Impedance Signature of a Non-Planar, Interdigitated, Flow-Through, Porous, Carbon-Based Microelectrode.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 166, no. 16 (2019): B1669.
- Cheng, Yu-Hsuan, Pedro Antonio Reis Moura, Li Zhenglong, Lixin Feng, Siril Arokiam, Juliana Yang, Mahima Hariharan, and Sagnik Basuray. “Effect of electrode configuration on the sensitivity of nucleic acid detection in a non-planar, flow-through, porous interdigitated electrode.” Biomicrofluidics 13, no. 6 (2019): 064118.
- Li, Zhenglong, and Sagnik Basuray et al. “Electrochemical Characterization of Novel Non-planar Interdigitated Microelectrode Detection System” (In preparation)
- Li, Zhenglong, and Sagnik Basuray et al. “Structural Optimization of Novel Non-planar Interdigitated Microelectrode Transducer for Highly Sensitive Detection via COMSOL Simulation” (In preparation)
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Conference:
- Cheng, Yu Hsuan, Zhenglong Li, Juliana Yang, Pedro Moura, Hansin Kim, and Sagnik Basuray. “Essence: A Shear-Enhanced, Flow-through, Nanoporous and Capacitive Electrode Technology with Non-Planar Interdigitated Micro-Electrodes.” In 236th ECS Meeting (October 13-17, 2019). ECS, 2019.
- Li, Zhenglong, Yu Hsuan Cheng, Hansin Kim, Pedro Moura, Juliana Yang, and Sagnik Basuray. “A Novel Non-Planar, Interdigitated Microelectrode Array with a Porous, Flow-through Working Electrode for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Various Chem/Bio-Molecules.” In 236th ECS Meeting (October 13-17, 2019). ECS, 2019.
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Sreerag Kaaliveetil
Ph.D. Student
Education
- M.Sc. in Physics, Amrita School of Engineering, India, 2021
- Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 01/2022-present
Publications
- Kaaliveetil, Sreerag, Yun-Yang Lee, Zhenglong Li, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Niranjan Haridas Menon, Saudagar Dongare, Burcu Gurkan, and Sagnik Basuray. "Ionic Liquid-Packed Microfluidic Device with Non-Planar Microelectrode as a Miniaturized Electrochemical Gas Sensor." Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170, no. 8 (2023): 087508.
- Kaaliveetil, Sreerag, Juliana Yang, Saud Alssaidy, Zhenglong Li, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Niranjan Haridas Menon, Charmi Chande, and Sagnik Basuray. "Microfluidic Gas Sensors: Detection Principle and Applications." Micromachines 13, no. 10 (2022): 1716.
Niranjan Haridas Menon
Ph.D. Student
Education
- M.Sc. in Physics, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ - 09/2022 - present
Awards
- Silver medal in Integrated Master of Science program in Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Publications
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Haridas Menon, Niranjan, Aleena Sabu, and Ramanujam BTS. "Polyvinylidene fluoride‐poly (vinyl acetate)‐natural graphite blend nanocomposites: Investigations of electroactive phase formation, electrical, thermal, and wetting properties." Polymers for Advanced Technologies 33, no. 12 (2022): 4023-4040.
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Ayyappan, J., Niranjan Haridas Menon, Aleena Sabu, and B. T. S. Ramanujam. "Polyvinylidene fluoride‐natural graphite flexible composite films: Formation of graphite nanosheets, electroactive phase, analysis of electrical and thermal properties." Polymers for Advanced Technologies 33, no. 12 (2022): 3997-4011.
Khaja Najamuddin Naveed
[email protected]
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, India (Aug 2016-Sep 2020)
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (Sep 2023-present)
Work Experience
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, India: Process Engineering Scientist- Full time (Sep 2022 - August 2023)
Aurobindo Pharma Pvt Ltd, India: Process Engineer (Graduate Engineer Trainee)- Full time (Dec 2020- Aug 2022)
Awards
Awarded as the Padmasri B.V. Raju Best Merit Student for the academic year 2019-2020.